Community Programs & Outreach
Get involved with our community programs, which are jointly administered between the UNC Lineberger Office of Community Outreach & Engagement, the Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination (CRTEC) and the UNC Lineberger Cancer Network (UNCLCN).
Community Programs
- Patients and Community Engagement to Educate Researchers (PEER) is a patient-centered partnership between patients, community members and researchers to include the human element into UNC Lineberger cancer research. PEER provides opportunities for researchers to engage with patient and community advocates through PEER engagements focused on communication, PEER Workshops focused on writing lay abstracts and PEER lectures to learn about advocate engagement and communication science to the public. The goal is to improve the lives of all cancer patients in our community.
- Partners Research Educational Program (U54)
- Exploring Cancer: Examining the Role of Biology, Race, Class, and Socioeconomics: Formerly known as The Biology of Cancer, Exploring Cancer is a seminar series taught by cancer biologists, physicians, public health experts and other cancer specialists from UNC-Chapel Hill, NCCU, and NC A&T.
- Read an article about the Exploring Cancer lecture series interviewed by our CRTEC team.
- Read about an Exploring Cancer event, which was held in April 2022.
- UNC Lineberger-Sylvia Lauterborn and Warren Trent Piver Oncology Nursing Fellowship: The fellowship program was designed to stimulate and foster professional development in oncology nursing among rising seniors at the UNC School of Nursing. The six-week program, led by UNC Lineberger’s Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN-BC, OCN, for the past four years with her clinical partner Susan Mason, MSN, RN, OCN, clinical nurse education specialist, includes both inpatient and outpatient experiences. The fellows work closely with oncology nurses to better understand the nurses’ role with symptom management, clinical trials and best practices in providing supportive care services.
Please contact lccctraining@unc.edu for any questions regarding these listings or educational opportunities.
Additional UNC Lineberger resources
- UNC Lineberger Office of Community Outreach & Engagement
- Lineberger Equity Council: steering committee for diversity, equity and inclusion and UNC Lineberger
- UNC Lineberger Cancer Network